SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nonperson, Gentrification, Work Ethic

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Deviance and social space: homeless terminology visible versus invisible homeless invisible individuals who are technically homeless but couch surfing/staying in hotels, those you rarely see on streets as they find places to reside temporarily. Visible man//woman sleeping on the street. Homeless individuals are deviant almost everywhere, outstanding stigma associated with being homeless, widespread understanding of deviance treated as social outcasts in most spaces. But in certain spaces, they are especially deviant (it varies) Don"t live up to contemporary ideas we have about citizenship, someone who consumes and is involved in regular social life. Don"t live up to physical appearance standards. Don"t use social space in ways we typically find acceptable. Capitalist system, and thus, our culture values a certain kind of citizen industriousness, people who frequently demonstrate hard work and endurance. Often demonize people who aren"t industrious (ex people who receive welfare, single mothers)